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commission charged on sales tax

I am just wondering why ebay is charging commission fees on the sales tax. The seller receives no monies from the collection of sales tax so why does ebay consider it part of the sale and taking our money. I ask that ebay stop charging commission on ...

Resolved! T/F: sales tax unknown, and so seller fee unknown at time of listing?

(Brand new seller)As best I can tell, the seller fee on an item is based on the total amount the buyer pays, including sales tax. The sales tax rate to a U.S. buyer could range from 0% to almost 10%. So the seller doesn't know the eBay fee until the ...

Sold a sealed Nintendo game brand new and buyer saying no cartridge in cassette

I need help as this doesn’t add up.. I’ve sold a brand new sealed princess peach game made my Nintendo, purchased from a genuine shop with receipt sold on eBay as kids didn’t want it, all sealed for the buyer to say there was no game in the cassette ...

Why?

Dear viabilitysurgical,eBay regularly evaluates the accounts of eBay seller. In relation to your account, we have noticed that your account performance and activities may cause a risk to eBay community. To protect the eBay community, we have applied ...

Just a complaint EBay slaps a seller again!!

Seller for 25 years! Sold over $5000 but only had 99 transactions (needed 100! Who knew) so they dropped me from Top Seller. I think that’s injustice!

Resolved! New Category Suggestions.

I've been trying to draw attention to the changes needed in the Collectibles-Militaria category for some time now to no avail. Nobody seems to care enough to back me up on my singular idea here on the boards so I thought I'd try a new approach to the...

need advice from comic book sellers

As part of my project to dig out I opened a long box of comic books that has been in my office for years (and years, yikes). First of all, I know little about comic books, what are desirable and how to grade. I am inclined to just take them to the us...

Anyone ever encounter this problem?

I was preparing to ship out an order last night.When I went to print out the shipping label I get big bold red error messagetelling me that I had to change the shipping address.At the same time it reminded me that if I change the addressI would lose ...

Resolved! enlargement of a photo for an Ebay listing

Perhaps one or two of you out there may be able to give me some advice. There are many listings from you folks out there of smaller items that have been enlarged for an Ebay listing and they look great. I post something and many times it comes out lo...

Resolved! Great Idea!!!! (For Ebays benefit)

"We’re reaching out to let you know that, starting May 15, your listings that display calculated shipping will default to showing eBay Labels discounted shipping rates. The new default rates will apply to all of your active and future listings that o...

EBAY HAVING LISTING ISSUES AGAIN

EBAY HAVING LISTING ISSUES AGAIN. Every time I try to save a listing it works and works. Then it doesn't take me back to drafts. It goes to orders.

Order cancelled by neither myself nor the buyer

Weird glitch? Order was cancelled by neither myself nor the buyer. I'm in the process of reaching out to ebay for biz to see what happened.

Resolved! Negative feedback for unspecified customs/import problem.

I have received a negative feedback, in Portuguese, for an unspecified "Customs problem" with a shipment. That's all the comment says (in Portuguese): Customs problem. The shipment already sat in customs for over a month - the buyer never contacted m...

Message to buyer blocked by ebay

Hello all. I am attempting to send a message to a buyer, but eBay is blocking it because something in it could be considered "offensive or threatening". I have gone through it and changed it several times. Still eBay blocks it. Below is a copy of thi...

Resolved! What you earned and NET PROCEEDS

It has to be something very simple, but since I suck at maths and numbers I need to ask this question.I sold a baseball card.What your buyer paidItem subtotal $55.00Shipping $3.96Sales tax* $5.23Order total** $64.19What you earnedOrder total $64.19eB...